Like a lot of you, I've owned cars with sticks, autos, and autoshift transmissions. I have had sticks in cities and where I had to drive daily on expressways that were almost always backed up. That is painful. BUT, if I own a sports car, even something that, like the Crossfire, is not all that fast, I will ONLY use a stick. Not a sports car otherwise.
However, if I ever move back to the city, I will be driving the fastest and best looking automatic trans car I can afford. Probably an Infiniti G35 coupe.